Automobile-body.



L. W. OSTER & F. J. MILLER.

AUTOMOBILE BODY. APPLICATION FILED MAR, 20, 1911.

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AUTOMOBILE BODY. APPLICATION TILED M43. 20, 1911.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

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. Application 111m mica 20, 1911. Serial no. 615,706. L

To all whom it may conce'm: v jamb 50 for front door 51, thereby looking .a Be. it known "that we, Louis W. Os'rnn and said seat from forward movement. and pro- FRANK J. Minm'iy-vcitizens of the United viding an inelosing side portion having a States, residing at Cleveland, in the county top border edge 52 flush and continuous with 5 of Cuyahoga andfistate. of- Ohio, have inthe top edge of door 51. Suitable bolts 53 o vented certain new and useful Improvements and dowel pins 54 carried by-"panels-48 serve 'in Automobile-Bodies, of which the followto alineand lock the same in place, .either at ing is a specification. p the sideor in the top of body B, -the latter Our invention relates to automobile bodies position being shown in Figs. 4.and 5. Here 10 andcomprises the improvement sub'stanthe panels are mounted crosswise of the body 5 tially as hereinafter shown and described to cover the zcompartment or recess 55 thereandparticularly pointed out in the claims. in. This recess is utilized to provide the- V Recognizing theneed and advanta es of necessary space for "he feet when seat 44 is ,an automobile adapted ;to'-be con'verte into in use as a rear seat, and also to confine the i a' two-passenger or so-called runabout car, front seats 56 when folded and lowered to 79 I or into a touring car with an extra rear seat permitsaid seat' 44 to occupy ,a front posito carry extra passengers, we have invented tion in close relation to steering wheel 57 an automobile body in which this change and other controlling devices representedin may be made in the easiest and most conpart by foot pedal 58. The steering wheel venient'ni'anner possible by slidably mountand other controlling means for the automd ing the rear seat' in respect to a set' of foldbile are necessarily at the front and fixed in able front seats. Inso doing, our objecthas respect to the bog,- andtherefore, a practialso been to preservefall the lines and concal convertible b y of this ln'nd is only ob -1 tour of an acceptable-car as well as to make tained --by mounting a so-called rear seat 2 a comfortable ridin car with ample room movably back and forth in respect to,a. ront so. forthe occu ants o the car in either of its seat or seats and to said bontrollingQParts. changeable orms. Obviously, the chauffeur cannot be-jshifted Other objects are also embodied in the out of reach of his controlling means-55:" specific construction of car bodykall as here- A pair of separate front seats56 areshown' 80 inafter more specifically descri d. with an aisle or space. betweenthemf tol ve l In the'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 access to the rear from the frontgi- L a ch- -i is a side elevation of our improved automoseat 56 comprises a seat portion 59.." bile bod showing the seats separated and connected vwith a plate 69 hingeditojii' unfolde Fig. 2 is a sectional detail, and or bottom of box 40, and a back? rti'on- 61 i 5 Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a is hinged to seat portion 59. Y Vhen un- 90" sectional view longitudinally of the carbody folded, each seat 56 rests 'at itsg'front edge v showing the seats folded for use as a single upon cross wall 62 of box 40 and islo'cked m seat car, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of Fig. 4. this position by any suitable device, such as In detail, car' body B comprises a box 40 a thumbnut or screw clip 63. In'unfolding. 40 forming an into 1 or fixed part of chassis operations, sea-ts fitios'wing forward and to 95' frame 41 and t is box ma be. higher or the required hi her plane nocessaryfor seatlower than as shown. Gui e flanges 42 at ing purposes, a l as rought about byhinge- I either side of box 40 areslidably engaged. plate 60. When'seats '56 are lofviieredflandl by brackets 43 on slidable seat 44 whlch compartment 55 is covered by panel"48,'"s'eatT 45 comprises; side arms 45, a back portion- 46 44 may be moved forwardly-into and a fixedseat portion 47, This seat 44 same relation and position -su t I m either as ifront'or a rear seat, merly by seats 56, and then an 1 and 3, it is shown as occupyabut against jamb and t I p ing'ajear'portionon bod B- being-locked in. this position by thumbnuts thereat bypanels 48 -,wh'ic form doors for 13%. 4.- and 5.: Q'- jeithor' the sides ontop of the body depende claim: 1 ent upon whether a single or plural'seat- 1. An automobile comprising a-box body is wanted. Thus in Figs. 1 and 3,panand a setiof-"s'e ats mounted-thereon one bg e1s;48 are fixed between the front border hind the other, theforwardofsaid edge 49 of seat and the fixed upright or' ing adapted to fold w1th1n said 11n the rearward of said seats adapted to be xnoved to the position occupied by said for- 'ward seat, panels for the to of said box adapted to be placed lengthwise at the sides.

of said body to provide afootcompartment between said seats when both are in use, and said body havin uprights at either side in line with the si es of one of said seats and "means to fasten said panels between said uprights and said rear seat.

2. An automobile body having side doors and supportin uprights therefor, a foldable front seat, an a slidable rear seat adapted to cover said front seat and abut againstsaid uprights, and movable side panels ada ted to fit between said uprights and d rear seat when retired to the rear on said body.

'- 3. In automobiles, a body and steering and controlling means therein at its front,

a side door opposite said means, a pair of foldable front seats spaced apart centrally -of said body to rovidean aisle between the same and a sli able seat the full width of said body adapted to be moved forward to the position vacated by said foldable' seats,

an n right next to said door and means.

to loo said rear seat against said upright.

4. An automobile body-and a rear, seat and two separate foldable front seats therein, said rear seat s'lidable on said .body to, the position 'occupiedgiby said front seats,- se arate panels for the sides of said .body

a apted to lock said rear seat-J in place and to form sides for said ,front'seats jand means to lock said panels detachably in position.

5. An automobile body having a movable rear seat and a'ipair of separately foldable front seats aud"horizontal guides projecting laterally at either "side of'said body at the outside thereof on 'which said rear seat is slidably mounted, and interchangeable panels adapted to be placed at the side of said body or across the same according to the position .of the said rear seat, substan- 45 tially as, shown andrdescribed;

6. An automobile having a body and controlling means fixed therein and a pair of separate removable and foldable seats at its sides andv front spaced apart to providean to aisle between, in combination wit-ha rear seat and guides atlthe side of the said body on which said front seat is adapted to slide and occupy the position vacated by said foldable seats and anels removably secured 5 at the sides of said ody and exten ing from the rear seat to the front of said front seats. 7. An automobile body having side doors at its front and a foldable ope'rators seat in its front endnext behind said doors and 60 aslidable seat in its rear adaptedto cover said operators seat when folded, side panels en'ga ed with the front edge of .said rear seat aving a top border edge continuous with and on the same plane substantially 6 as the top bordredge of said side doors,

:and removably secure to the frame of said body at their front ends, thereby providing continuous sides to said body.

8. In, automobiles, a body and steeriii and controllin means therein, an operator s seat having a inged support at its bottom ,and rear and a folding back to permit fold- E. M. Fianna, R; B. Moors. 

